CONDITIONING AND TESTING COTTON FIBER
Machines for conditioning cotton fiber for testing and for processing, and instruments for testing fiber quality. High velocity conditioned gas flow through thin mats of materials are employed to condition cotton fiber. Moisture and chem...

WO/2001/017923A2

METHOD FOR MAKING YARN AND PRODUCTS COMPRISING SAME
The invention concerns a method for making continuous yarn from filaments (12) which consists in depositing at the surface of at least part of the filaments (12) a mixture in liquid state, before assembling them into at least one yarn, s...

METHOD OF FORMING DISCRETE LENGTH FIBERS
In a method of forming discrete length fibers (12) from a continuous fiber (70), one engagement member (22) is moved in orbit (32) relative to another engagement member (26) and the continuous fiber is positioned between the engagement m...

WO/2001/007692A1

DEVICE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF VISCOSE STAPLE FIBERS
The invention relates to a device for the production of viscose staple fibers comprising two to eight, preferably four to six, spinning devices (10-40) disposed side by side, each of which has a spinning nozzle (13-43) for spinning visco...

STRETCH BREAK METHOD AND PRODUCT
A method for stretch breaking fibers (30) to produce a staple yarn (32) and operating a staple fiber spinning machine that enables the production of a plurality of products of lot size smaller than a large denier tow product. The process...

WO/2000/073546A1

WEIGHING DEVICE
The invention relates to a weighing device for the continuous determination of the mass per unit area of fibre material in the form of a band or web which is supplied from a fibre-processing machine or a fibre material container position...

DISTRIBUTION UNIT FOR DRY FORMING OF WEB MATERIAL
The invention relates to a distribution unit to be used in dry forming of web material, the distribution unit comprising one or more screen pipes (1) into which a fiber material (3) intended for forming a web is blown, the fibers penetra...

WO/2000/056960A1

DISTRIBUTOR LAYER
The invention concerns a distributor layer (14) moving in a reciprocating motion to deposit a web (4) coming from a card, on an output apron (8) to form thereon a lap (62) designed for example for subsequent mechanical bonding. A front c...

BALE PLUCKING MACHINE
A bale plucking machine for plucking fibres from the bales arranged on both sides of the machine includes a trolley (1) with locking holes mounted on rails (2); a turntable (3) with an indexing hole rotatably mounted on the trolley (1); ...

WO/2000/034557A1

MIXING FIBROUS CONSTITUENTS
The invention relates to a method and a device for mixing fibrous constituents using weight feeding according to which the fibrous material to be dosed is removed, each time, from fibrous balls and is delivered into a weighing container ...

WO/2000/032856A1

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CUTTING FIBRES INTO PIECES
A method for cutting fibres into pieces, wherein a fibre is divided into pieces by pressing a knife against the fibre without exerting a substantial counterpressure on the other side of the fibre where the knife is present. The fibre is ...

WO/2000/029649A1

DISPERSER
A disperser comprises a housing (1), a rotor (2) that is accommodated within the housing, a plurality of accelerating blades (5) disposed on both sides of the rotor. Input (4) and output (6) channels coaxially located on opposite sides o...

WO/2000/029650A1

DIRT EXTRACTOR
The invention relates to a dirt extractor for devices such as carders that unravel fibers and include a roller (2) fitted with card clothing. Carding segments (8A-F) are arranged opposite the card clothing (3) of said roller, whereby at ...

WO/2000/028118A1

ROTATING STATION FOR REELS
The invention relates to a method for changing the winding-off direction of reels (W,W1) which are delivered in succession by a delivery station (1) in order to form a reel group (WG) in which the front faces of adjacent reels (W) are eq...

WO/2000/026449A1

FIBRE-PROCESSING SYSTEM
The invention relates to a fibre-processing system (1) for producing non-woven products (3). The inventive system has an input support (4) for the fibre material (2), a bale-processing device (5), a fibre-processing device (6) and an out...

WO/2000/026450A1

CARD WIRE, ESPECIALLY FOR DOFFERS AND WORKERS
Card clothing comprises a strip of profile wire having a plurality of longitudinally aligned teeth (110) with respective overhanging tips (111). The edge-face (112) of each tooth under the overhanging tip includes at least one undercut e...

WO1999015453A8

PREPARATION OF A COTTON WOOL END OF A LINE OF COTTON WOOL
The invention relates to a method or a device for carrying out a method for preparing a cotton wool end (E) of a line of cotton wool (B) for subsequent reprocessing of the same. Known devices for preparing a cotton wool end of a roll (W)...

WO/2000/020666A1

TEXTILE CHUTE FEED
A chute feed assembly for opening and moving fibers through a chute delivery system into an infeed chute (20) for an opening station. The chute feed assembly includes a beater (54) for opening the fibers which is drivable in a selected o...

METHOD FOR DISPENSING REINFORCEMENT FIBERS
A method for dispensing discrete length reinforcement fibers (14). A continuous length of a reinforcement fiber (30) is wound around a base end (36) of a form (34), the base end (36) having a generally circular cross-section, to form gen...

WO/2000/013850A1

GRINDING OF CLOTHING
The invention relates to a device for grinding the flats of a card, comprising elastic, flexible elements which penetrate between the clothing points, scan the lateral surfaces of said points and grind same in the process. Additional gri...

WO/2000/012794A1

FIBRE SORTING DEVICE
The invention relates to a method and a device for sorting the fibres of a fibre assembly (10, F1, F2) which is delivered to a fibre sorting device (30, 38, 75, 76, 58, 63). Known devices, which use air to sort the fibres on a non-woven ...

WO/2000/010738A1

SYSTEM FOR TREATING MATERIALS FOR SEPARATION
A system (10) is provided for treating a mixture (12) containing desired materials (14) and contaminating plastic materials (16) for separation at a subsequent material processing stage. The system (10) comprises a treatment station (18)...

WO/2000/007788A1

FIBRE CUTTING DEVICE FOR A POLYURETHANE INSTALLATION
The aim of the invention is to integrate into the mixing head of a polyurethane installation, in which head a mixture flow of chemically reactive plastic components is produced, a cutting mechanism with which elastic yet resilient natura...

WO/2000/005441A1

ADJUSTABLE CARDING FLAT
There is provided an adjustable carding flat (140) assembly for use with a carding engine (100). The carding engine includes a carding cylinder (120), a first guide means and a second guide means. The assembly includes a pair of carriage...

WO/2000/000295A1

AIR HANDLING SYSTEM FOR A WEB FORMER
An apparatus for distributing fiber from a carding machine to an airlay wherein the apparatus comprises a system of ducts or conduits for controlling air flow having a curved top wall and a curved bottom wall that define a converging pas...

APPARATUS FOR CLEANING FIBERS
Fiber cleaning apparatus (10) comprising at least three rollers (14, 16, 18), the outer surface of at least one of the rollers revolving in close proximity to the other rollers, to form a triangular enclosure therebetween, the apparatus ...

WO/1999/061688A1

DIRT REMOVER
Dirt is initially removed by means of blown air (RD) in a fibre-processing machine (30) that is provided with a separating edge (24). Fibres and air are conducted in a substantially predetermined direction of conveyance on said edge and ...

IMPROVED INLET DESIGN FOR HANDLING BULK TEXTILE FIBER
The invention is particularly related to the problems of dispersing fiber to obtain a uniform distribution. The invention includes tapered ducts (217) oriented at an appropriate angle (10°) relative to the horizontal for redirecting and...

TREATMENT OF FIBROUS MATERIAL
Fibrous material, such as mineral fibre, glass fibre, basalt fibre etc. is treated by a method involving treating a plurality of discrete fibrous chunks, each chunk comprising a mass of entangled fibres, by a mechanical tumbling action s...

WO/1999/050486A1

MONITORING THE LAP QUALITY IN THE CARD
The invention relates to a card which at the level of the card doffer (7) has an optoelectronic device (20A; 20B) for monitoring the quality of the lap. The device (20A) can be at a distance (S) of at least 20 mm to the housing surface (...

WO/1999/050485A1

A METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR DISSOLVING ISOLATING MATERIAL
A method and a device for dissolving isolating material e.g. packaged in bales or similar, so that separate fibres are obtained, providing an isolation, in which the fibres are injected in e.g. building elements, to become as faultless a...

WO/1999/041439A1

DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FIBER COMPOSITE
Method for the production of a fiber composite by placing fibers on a support, wherein long fibers are used at least as an essential component for the production of a nonwoven fabric (70). Said fibers are fed to at least one delivery hea...

WO/1999/041436A1

PROCESSING SEED COTTON
Method and apparatus for opening out and loosening baled fibre, for example, seed cotton, lint, wool or the like has a casing (40) of generally circular plan form formed from a top wall (41), bottom wall (42) and a side wall (52) prefera...

FIBER DISTRIBUTOR
A forming box (1) is disclosed to an apparatus for dry forming of a fibrous tissue to e.g. preparation of paper. The forming box (1) is provided with a cloud of airborne fibres via transference pipes (6). Under the forming box (1) a form...

WO/1999/036622A1

FIBRE DISTRIBUTOR
A forming box (1) is described for an instrument for dry forming of a fibrous tissue, e.g. for paper preparation. The forming box (1) is provided with a cloud of airborne fibres via inlet pipes (6). Under the forming box (1) is placed a ...

FIBER INDIVIDUALIZER
An apparatus (50) that individualizes fibers within a feed stream (9) without breaking the fibers. A first stage, having first pinch rollers, receives the feed stream and provides it to a second stage (10). The second stage receives the ...